MDSA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Bell Hooks, Media Studies, Femininity
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Media studies november 10th chapters 8-9 feminist and queer analysis. How the media has shaped your negative perception of feminism video: straw feminist. *determined by the presence or absence of specific reproductive, physical traits often but not always binary e. g: male, female, intersex, genitally ambiguous/assigined sex [assigned by doctor at birth] gender= social, cultural, psychological. The state of being male or female [typically used with reference to social and cultural differences rather than biological ones] rarely match up perfectly fluid, variable, dependent on expression rather than [along with] physicality a continuum, rather than binary. Masculinity active/strong provider/political (public) rational/logical sexual subjects (the beast myth) i. e. goes after women. Femininity passive/weak nurturing/ domestic (private) emotional/irrational sexual objects (the beauty myth) gender essentialism. Lady should sit] we often behave the way we are expected/ conditioned cultural analysis: interpellation! Aqua, barbie girl the song sparked a huge legal battle between mattel and mcaa [record label] judge: both parties need to chill .
